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Tips on teaching money smarts to kids at PMPL

A piggy bank is just the first step in teaching financial literacy to kids. Join financial expert Bryan Stark, on Wednesday, March 2 from 7-8 p.m. at the Port Moody Library to learn how to teach money smarts to children.

End is in sight for Broadway project

Traffic snarls in Port Coquitlam's south-side industrial area will be coming to an end in the next few weeks as work on the Broadway Street reconstruction project moves toward completion.

Schools should get carbon credits for their efforts: Shirra

Schools should have the same chance as luxury hotels to get carbon credits for innovative projects that reduce greenhouse gases, says Port Coquitlam Trustee Judy Shirra.

100th birthday could prove pricey in PoMo

Port Moody's centennial is still two years away but this week, city hall got a first glimpse of what's in store to celebrate a century in 2013.

PoMo will vote on hall on April 16

It's official: Port Moody residents will go to the polls to tell the city whether they want it to borrow up to $16 million to build a new fire hall. The vote will be held on Saturday, April 16.

Kids, sign up for cop class

High school students wondering what it is like to wield a baton and handcuffs will get the opportunity at the 2011 Introduction to Policing class put on by Coquitlam RCMP.

Port Moody says no to growth plan

Port Moody city council voted Tuesday to reject Metro Vancouver's Regional Growth Strategy, a 30-year infrastructure plan set out to deal with the 1.2 million new residents expected in Metro Vancouver by 2040.

Schools need $ for 'net

School District 43's internet system is choking on its own success and will need an infusion of cash to let information flow smoothly again.

Vandals costing SD43 thousands of dollars

School District 43 officials are keeping their fingers crossed that a recent spate of vandalism at local schools isn't the start of a bad trend.

Students band together in fight against broken windows, graffiti

Minnekhada middle may not have the best looking school building in the district but its principal, staff and students are tired of it being targeted by vandals.